The Alchemy Reader
Subtitle: From Hermes Trismegistus to Isaac Newton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: September 15, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780521796620
Subjects: European history: c 1500 to c 1750; European history: c 500 to c 1500; History of science; Kabbalah & hermetic thought; Literature: Texts; History: World; Hermetism; History; History - General History; Europe; Medieval; Chemistry - General; Europe - General; History / Europe / General; Alchemy
First sentence: Hermes Trismegistus, the "thrice great," demands place at the beginning of this collection, not for reasons of "actual" existence, scientific dating, and absolute chronology, but by virtue of the deeply rooted psychological appeal of myth, legend, and tradition.